Vise.



. Patented Nov. 20, |900. P.` ANDERSON.

VISE..

(Applicacion md Ian. e, 1900.)

INVENTOR:

UNITEDV STATES PArnNr OFFICE.

PI-IILANDER ANDERSON,` OFINEW YORK, N. Y.

WSE.

SPECIFICATION forming` mit ef Letters Patent No. eci-,9.42, cated 'November 2o, 190e. @puatronfiieqnnmye,1to0. semina. 54e. camail To all whom it may concern/.- Y

Beit known that I, PHILANDER ANDERSON, a citizen o1 the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vises, of which the following is a specification. Y

rlhis invention relates to clamping-tools, and aims to provide certain improvements therein especially applicable to bench-vises.

Heretofore bench vises have been constructed with a base-plate for attachment to a bench, a fixed jaw the stock of which has been sometimes swiveledto the base-plate to permit turning ou a vertical axis, a movable jaw connected to the stock by a sliding guidebar, and a screw carried by the movable jaw and engaging the stock for forcing the jaws together.

My invention aims to provide various improvements in vises of this general class, and especially to provide avise in which the jaws can be set in any desired position.

To this end in carrying out the preferred form of my invention as applied to a benchvise I provide means whereby the jaws can be adjusted t various positions around a plurality of axes, giving the jaws a substantially universal adjustment, also improved means for holding the jaws in their various positions, and Various improvements in the construction and arrangement of the parts, all of which 2 is a front elevation thereof, showing the parts in full lines in the position of an ordinary vise and in dotted lines in another position permitted by my invention. Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a vertical section cut in the planes of the line 4C e in Fig, l and looking in the direction ofthe arrow. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the movable baseplate, `and Fig. 6 is a plan view o1' the bench base-plate.

Referring to the drawings, let Apindicatea bench or support, and l the `stock, (l the fixed jaw, and D the movable jaw, of a vise or tool carried' thereby. The movable jaw has a guide-bar E, movable through` the socket F in the stock, and carries a screw G, whichengages a nut H inthe stock for operating the movable jaw. A handlel is provided for ma nipulating the screw. As thus far described,

ithe parts may be of any usual or suitable construction for clamping articles to be operated upon or for other analogous purposes, the parts shown being taken as convenient examples for illustrating my improvements.

Accordi-ng to the. preferred form of my iu- A vention, which I will now describe in detail, I provide means for permitting general adjustment of the jaws both angularly and bodily relatively to the bench, preferably providing an improved fixed base-plate J for attachment tog/,the bench, a movable carrierplate K, adj ustably connected to and carried by the base-plate near its outer edge on the one hand and adjustahly connected to and carrying the base L of the stock B on the other hand. The plate J is iixedto the bench or support, as by lag-screws o. traversing lugs b in an extension c of the plate, and a bolt d passing through the rear .lug and the bench and fastened by a nut `e beneath the latter. The base has a nished top bearing j", andthe plate K has a reciprocal bottom bearing g for resting on the face f when the vise is in the ordinary/horizontal position. The base J and carrier-plate K are v@,gustably connected together on an axis angular to the vertical, so that the carrier-plate can be adjusted from a horizontal position to various oblique positions around this airis, and when turnedon this axis receives also a bodily movementoutward from the support, so as to permit afreer movement of the barI. As shown, an'axis M constitutes the connection between these parts, around which their relative movement is effected, ythe baseplate J being provided with a forwardly and downwardly depending lu g N,'a`nd the carrier-plate K being provided with a reciprocal lug O, which passes through a slot P in the base-plate, so that'the adjacent faces c' of these lugs fit against eachother on arplane coinciding with the"verti'cal longitudinal plane through the axis of thebaseplate and an appreciable distanee'outward from saidraxis. -An axial pinjpasses .through hclesk inthe lugs to connect them together,

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the pin having a head I. on one side, a screwthreaded end m at the opposite side of the opposite lug, and a handle clamp-nut Q, screwing on the screw-thread for clamping the lugs together with sufficient force to hold them in any position in which they are set. The baseplate J and 'the carrier-plate K also have sup piemental locking provisions for holdingthem in the normal position, these preferably consisting of a lug R onthe carrier-plate engaged by a lock-bolt S on the base-plate. The base-plate is vshown as formed with a socket n for receiving the lug R and with a socketp for the bolt S. The latter is shown as pressed toward the locking position by a spring r, which is confined between the bolt and the head oi' the boit d, being shown as mounted on a pin s, traveling in'a hole t in the bolt d. Preferably the top of the bolt and the bottom of the lngR are slightly beveled, so that the bolt may be sprung back as the parts come together, and the lug is formed with a notch for receiving the bolt at the proper position to lock the carrier-plate as soon as it is properly seated on the base-plate. The lock and the pivot being as far apart as possible-the `full width of the carrier-plate-secures the greatest possible rigidity when the vise is in the upright position. The stock is preferably adjust-ably connected to the carrierplate K, so that it can be swung laterally thereon to any position, this lieing accomplished in the construction shown by forming the base L of the stock with a smooth bottom bearing-face u for fitting on the top face o of the plate and by swiveling these parts together on a vertical axis in any suitable manner, as by a swiveled stud T, which is screwed into the bottom of the stock and passes through an vaxial hole w in the carrier-plate, having a projecting head seated in a socket y in the under face of the carrier.

For locking the stock against rotation on the carrier a lock is provided, which is pret'- erably the lock U, (shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4,) comprising a series of sockets gr on the carrier-plate and a bolt e on the stock, the sockets being arranged around the axis of the stud T, so that the bolt will pass over them when the stock is rotated and can be snapped into an adjacent socket when the stock is to be locked in position. The lock U is preferably formedv bya shell a', cast integrally with the stock and having a socket b, within which the bolt is placed, so that its upper end projects above the shell, where it is engaged by a handle c', having a cam-face d', and pivoted to the end of the bolt in such manner that when the handle-is turned down its narrow edge will be opposed to, the top of the shell and permit complete descent of the boit, and when it is turned up its cam-face, will ride on the top of the shell and litt the bolt above-,the

notches. For depressing the bolt a spring e' is confined within the shell yand reacts against the top of the latter and against a pin f' on the bolt.

ln use the vise will be locked in the normal or usual position, with the carrier-plate and base-plate iixed together, whereupon the stock can be turned on a vertical axis like an ordinary bench-vise. In this condition it will have as much strength and rigidity as an ordinary vise and will have the advantage that the improved lock U, being on top and easily accessible, can be readily operated to lock the vise in any position and will positively hold it in any position `for which the lock is adapted. 1f any other than the ordinary position is desired, the user can immediately release the carrier-plate by freeing the lock S and the clamp-screw Q, whereupon the jaws can be tilted around a horizontal axis to any position and immediately locked by setting the clam p-screw, one position being shown in Fig. 1. It will be observed that by placing the axis M at one side of the vertical axis l am enabled to mount the vise on an ordinary bench or work-table without cutting away the edge, and yet extend the horizontal-pivot to any desired distance downward. The downward extensi n of Vthis pivotis very uscfullin scouring a .ong radins of movement, so as to throw the jaws and the operating-bar outward from the bench when the vise is turned on this pivot, giving freer access to the operati 11g-bar than if the parts were close to the table, and even with a slight downward extension of the axis M its outward position secures an outward movement from the table of the stock and connected parts in addition to their anguiar movement, which would not be the case if the axis M were in the same plane with or intersected the vertical axis. After the clampscrew is set the jaws may be revolved on the carrier-plate to bring them to any other position desired, one such position being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this Way the vise can be adjusted almost universally to give the position best suited to convenient operation on each portion of the work to be done without necessitating a resetting ot' the work, the settingr of the vise being much more convenient and rapid than would be the setting of the work it held in ordinary cases.

It will be seen that my'inventionprovides improvements which can be readily and advantageously availed of, and itwill be understood that I do not limit myself to the particular details of construction, arrangement, and combination set forth as constituting the preferred form of my invention, snce'myimprovements may be availed of `in whole or in part, according to such modifications as circumstances or the judgment of those skilled in the art may dictate, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What l claim is- 1. in vises and like tools, the combination of the tool proper with a support therefor, and a pivotal connection between said tool and support, said pivotal connection being below and approximately at the outer odge of said support.

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`In vises, a pair of clamping-jaws,`a baseplate J and means for attaching said baseplate Lo a bench, in combinationwth aearrier Iconnecting the jaws and base-plate, a

lri11ge oon'n ection having a horizontal axis between the ci ier and base-plate and approxivmately at the edge of said base-plate, and a swivel'eonneetion having a vertical axis between the carrier and one of the jaws.

In vises, a pair of clamping-jaws, a baseplate J Iand means for attachingsaid haseplate to a bench, i'n combination with aearf swivel connection having a vertical axis be-y SCI rier eo'nneotingrthe'jaws and base-plate, a

hinge connection havinga horizontal axis be tween the carrier and base-plate and approximately at' the edge of said base-plate, anda tween the carrier and one of .the jaws, and means for fixing the carrier andhase-plate rigidly together in any-position of adjustment'.

4. In vises, a pairof clamping-jaws, a baseplate and means for attaching saidbase-'plate to abench, in combination with a carrier connecting the jaws and baseplate,a hinge connection having a horizontal axis between the carrier and basefplate and approximately'at the edge of said base-plate, and a swivel connection having a vertical axis between the carrier and one of' thefjaws, and means for iixi lig the earrierand the jawit carries against relative movement in any of several positions of adjustment.

5. In vises, jaws C and D, in combination with a stock B having abase L, a base-plate A VJ, a carrier K movably conneetedto saidbase` plate, a movable connection between the ear= rier and said stock, and means for xing the carrier and base-plate together, and means for fixing the carrier and stok together.

G.A In vises, jaws C and D, in`c`ombinatibn` with a stock B having" hase L, a lock U 'carried by said base, a carrier K fitting said base, a swivel. `connection between the carrier and base, a base-plate J, a swivel connection'be i tween the base-plate and carrier, a clamp for locking the `baseplate and carrier in any oi. 4

various positions, and a lock for locking said parts in one position. i l

' 7. In -vises and other tools, the combination of the tool proper with the improved baseplate J having Ing,` N, slot P, socket ln, and

top face f, substantially as and for the pnr pose set' forth.

8. For vises, the improved carrier-plate K havinglng'O, projection R, top and bottom bearingefaces g and o, and axial hole w in PHlLAN-DER ANDERSON. Witnesses:

GEORGE H.IFRASER, AGNES I. DUNN. 

